Archive of: Health Brief and NAPC

	Title	Issue
	Aerobic Fitness Helps Prevent Word Loss Tip-of-the-tongue word loss occurs less frequently in aerobically fit seniors, British researchers found.	None
	Music Reduces Need for Post-Surgery Opioids After surgery, 86 percent of patients engaged in music therapy eschewed opioids and other painkillers, compared to 26 percent in a control group.	None
	Natural Vitamin E Lowers Heart Risks Tocotrienols, a natural form of vitamin E found in wheat, barley, corn, rice and palm fruit, has been shown to lower high cholesterol and high blood pressure in seniors.	None
	Knitting Releases the Blues Knitting can lower depression, slow the heart rate, reduce the likelihood of dementia and distract from chronic pain, research shows.	None
	Music Lessons Make Kids Smarter Dutch 6-year-olds that sang, listened to music and played an instrument one to two hours a week showed significantly enhanced cognitive abilities and better grades two and a half years later.	None
	Acupuncture Soothes Dental Anxiety Acupuncture can significantly ease the dizziness, nausea and breathing difficulties that can affect some dental patients.	None
	Calorie Restriction Slows Aging Adults on a reduced-calorie diet for two years evidenced the reduced oxidative stress that protects against Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer and diabetes.	None
	Vitamin D Supplements Ease Irritable Bowels People with irritable bowel syndrome tend to be low in vitamin D, but symptoms can ease with supplementation, report British researchers.	None
	Dirt Houses Cancer-Protective Microbe Soil contains bacteria that kills melanoma cancer cells, say Oregon State University researchers.	None
	Doctors Underestimate Opioid Prescriptions A survey of 109 emergency room doctors found they frequently underestimated how often they prescribed opioids and that they prescribed fewer when alerted to the situation.	None

Aerobic Fitness Helps Prevent Word Loss

Tip-of-the-tongue word loss occurs less frequently in aerobically fit seniors, British researchers found.

Music Reduces Need for Post-Surgery Opioids

After surgery, 86 percent of patients engaged in music therapy eschewed opioids and other painkillers, compared to 26 percent in a control group.

None

Natural Vitamin E Lowers Heart Risks

Tocotrienols, a natural form of vitamin E found in wheat, barley, corn, rice and palm fruit, has been shown to lower high cholesterol and high blood pressure in seniors.

None

Knitting Releases the Blues

Knitting can lower depression, slow the heart rate, reduce the likelihood of dementia and distract from chronic pain, research shows.

None

Music Lessons Make Kids Smarter

Dutch 6-year-olds that sang, listened to music and played an instrument one to two hours a week showed significantly enhanced cognitive abilities and better grades two and a half years later.

None

Acupuncture Soothes Dental Anxiety

Acupuncture can significantly ease the dizziness, nausea and breathing difficulties that can affect some dental patients.

None

Calorie Restriction Slows Aging

Adults on a reduced-calorie diet for two years evidenced the reduced oxidative stress that protects against Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer and diabetes.

None

Vitamin D Supplements Ease Irritable Bowels

People with irritable bowel syndrome tend to be low in vitamin D, but symptoms can ease with supplementation, report British researchers.

None

Dirt Houses Cancer-Protective Microbe

Soil contains bacteria that kills melanoma cancer cells, say Oregon State University researchers.

None

Doctors Underestimate Opioid Prescriptions

A survey of 109 emergency room doctors found they frequently underestimated how often they prescribed opioids and that they prescribed fewer when alerted to the situation.

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